View full sizeScott Green/IFCLike Fred and Carrie's bird-bedecking duo, OregonLive readers saw our story on "Portlandia," and put a comment on it. Make that several comments.

We're still waiting to hear what TV critics say about "Portlandia," but OregonLive readers have plenty of opinions, and they're not shy about sharing them.

Among the reactions to our story about the IFC series, which debuts on Friday night, were some from readers who either watched the first episode online, or clips from the comedy sketch show that lampoons the Rose City:ORnative
wrote:

"I watched the clips, and I don't get it.....what's funny
about it? Maybe I've lived here to long to be objective....I guess I
need to hang out more at Washington Square, and Beaverton, to reset my
"weird" compass..,"

i recently talked to a liberal friend who thinks that by grocery
shopping at Whole Paycheck will save the world. we got onto the subject
of free range chickens and one of the benefits she listed is the
chicken is healthier because it gets the opportunity to interact and
play with other chickens. yes, she actually said play with other
chickens."

"Saw the same thing in Seattle in the early 90's with
Seattle-based bands and then the subsequent release of the movie
"Singles". Eventually it all turned into a caricature of itself and the
initial cultural impact of the scene became homogenized everywhere...."

"After watching the premier episode, I am disappointed. While
taking a funny poke at Portland, the sketches themselves are too long,
drawn out, and move too slowly. It is as if they are just trying to
fill the time. There is enough material to draw from that they could
have shortened these sketches and given us far more different scenarios
at which to laugh. Portland, with all its wonderful quirkiness,
deserves much better."